15 Day Continuation Notice to California Notice Register No. Z-2020-0505-11 Re: Risk Assessment Mitigation Program - Dungeness Crab Commercial Fishery
July 17, 2020
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (Department) published the Notice of Proposed Action to add Section 132.8 to Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CCR). The Office of Administrative Law (OAL) published the draft proposed regulations in the California Regulatory Notice Register on May 15, 2020, OAL Notice File No. z2020-0505-11, and were available for a 45-day public comment period through June 29, 2020 (the “Original Proposed Package”). A public hearing was held on June 29, 2020. This letter provides notice of a 15-day comment period on changes to the Original Proposed Package.
This 15-day comment period allows for public comments only on the Amended Initial Statement of Reasons (ISOR), as indicated by bolded double strikeout and bolded double underline to the Original Proposed Package, not on the aspects of the package that were already noticed during the initial 45-day period. The comments and respective responses from the 45-day period, and comments with responses from the 15-day period, will be published with the Final Statement of Reasons (FSOR), around the time the Department would adopt the revised regulations, and before the planned effective date of November 1, 2020.
The changes to the Original Proposed Package address public comments and concern related to how the RAMP would be implemented. The changes are described in the 15-day Re-Notice below and viewed in the amended regulatory text and ISOR.
Any interested person, or his or her authorized representative, may submit written comments on the amended regulations and ISOR (i.e., changes to the Original Proposed Package) to the Department. All written comments must be received by the Department via mail, or e-mail, no later than 11:59 p.m. Monday, August 3, 2020, to the contact as follows:
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region
Attn: Ryan Bartling, Sr. Environmental Scientist
3637 Westwind Blvd, Santa Rosa, CA
Email: WhaleSafeFisheries@wildlife.ca.gov
PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND HEARING
A virtual public hearing for just the proposed amendments is scheduled by as follows:
Date: Monday, August 3, 2020
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Meeting details will be made available on the Whale Safe Fisheries
Page: Whale Safe Fisheries
Location: Teleconference and Webinar
Please direct all questions on the substance of the proposed changes to the Original Proposed Package to the contact person listed above.
The proposed revisions to the rulemaking file consist of the following documents:
15-day Continuation Notice (outlines the changes to the Original Proposed Package) (PDF)
Amended ISOR ("ISOR2") (PDF) (shown by double strikeout/ double underline)
Comments from the Dept. of Finance (PDF), June 24, 2020 (PDF) (responded to in the Amended Addendum to the STD Form 399)
Amended Economic and Fiscal Impact Statement (STD Form 399) (PDF)
Amended Addendum to the STD Form 399 (PDF) (addresses June comments from the Dept. of Finance)
Adding document incorporated by reference: NMFS Instruction (02-038-01), Process for Distinguishing Serious from Non-Serious Injury of Marine Mammals: Process for Injury Determinations (PDF), previously a Document Supporting the Regulation Change
Adding document to list of Reports or Documents Supporting Regulation Change: California Ocean Protection Council, Strategic Plan to Protect California's Coast and Ocean 2020-2025 (PDF)
Adding document to list of Reports or Documents Supporting Regulation Change: West Coast Region Protected Resources Division,Draft Serious Injury Mortality Report, July 13, 2020 (PDF)